Apparatus for inserting anticurl strips into garments



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APPARATUS FOR INSERTING ANTICURL STRIPS INTO GARMENTS 3 Sheets-Sheet 3Filed May 10, 1956 F/Gi/Z INVENTOR. MOVTU; \LC M BY: WKAAOJZQ Q S humUnited States Patent APPARATUS FOR INSERTING ANTICURIi STRIPS INTOGARMENTS Application May 10, 1956, Serial No. 584,037 8 Claims. (Cl.2232) This invention relates to apparatus for. inserting anticurldevices into garment parts. The .most important application of thepresent invention is to the insertion of anticurl devices of the-typeshown in U. S. Patents 2,601,035, 2,601,036 and Reissue No. 23617, intocollars of mens and boys shirts. However, the present invention is notlimited in its scope to such particular applications.

In general, the present invention relates to nonremovable anticurldevices, that is, devices which remain permanently installed in thegarment and hence are subject to the severities of laundering. One ofthe severi-ties of laundering can arise in the washwheel, for example,of a washing machine. Thus, a permanently installed device of thecharacter described above can be completely overturned or can bepartially turned around in its pocket by the action of such a washwheel.It is therefore imperative that the anticurl device fit snugly withinthe garment pocket. If the anticurl device, or (as it is sometimescalled) the nonremovable stay, were inserted up to the edge or not muchbeyond the edge of the pocket into which it is pushed, there would be nosignificant difliculty, this edge being at the entrance end of thepocket. However, in practice the nonremovable device or stay must bemoved into the pocket well beyond the entrance end of the pocket at theedge of the garment. It is this additional displacement beyond the entryedge of the garment pocket which is time-consuming and thereforerelatively costly unless special means are provided for speeding up theinsertion.

With particular reference to the device described in the above-mentionedpatents, there is a further problem created by the fact that there isconsiderable friction between the rubber element of the anticurl stripand the back ply of the collar which creates considerable difficulty ininsertion of the anticurl strip unless special means are provided foreliminating to a great extent this friction.

A further problem which has to be met is the fact that the entrance endof the pocket must be opened in order to guarantee that the anticurldevice is inserted properly.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the difficultiesreferred to above and to provide .an apparatus for insertion of suchdevices into garment parts which will have great simplicity and speed ofoperation and minimum cost of the apparatus and cost for carrying outthe insertion process.

The invention will be better understood with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. l is a plan view, and

Fig. 2 is an .end view of an anticurl device of the type referred to inthe above-mentioned patents.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of an end portion of a collar in which suchan anticurl device has been inserted.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along line IV-IV of Fig. 3 andshowing the plies of the collar and thelocation of the anticurl deviceafter the latter has been completelyinserted into thepocket of thecollar.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view similar to Fig. 4 'but showing achannel member in the collar and the rela-- "ice tionship between this.channel member and the anticurl strip during the process of locatingthe anticurl strip within the collar pocket.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the structure shown in Fig. 5and further illustrates the method of inserting an anticurl strip into agarment pocket.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating an apparatus forinserting an anticurl strip into a pocket.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII ofFig. 7 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view taken along line IX-IX of Fig. 7in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 10 is a top plan View of the device of Fig. 7.

Fig. 11 is a side elevational view of a semi-automatic apparatus forinserting an anticurl strip into a garment pocket, the insertingapparatus being shown in association with a feeding and cutoff devicefor feeding and cutting oii the anticurl devices from a continuous rollthereof and inserting the same into the collar or garment pocket.

Fig. 11A illustrates the shape which the cutting off blades have.

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view of the structure ofFig. 11 showing the plunger of the cutoff means as well as a locatingpin and switches associated therewith, and

Fig. 13 is a wiring diagram of one possible arrangement for .carryingout the present invention.

Referring now to the drawings, the anticurl device shown in Figs. 1 and2 consists of a plastic strip 11 to which a stretched rubber strip 12 issewn, with the wider plastic strip extending laterally beyond both sideedges of the rubber strip as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The strips 11and 12 are sewn together with the stitch 13. The plastic strip 11 has atits face directed away from the rubber strip 12 an elongatedlongitudinally extending groove 11A so that the stitches 13 located inthe groove 11A will not extend substantially beyond the face of thestrip 11 directed away from the strip 12, and in this way the stitcheswill not show through the front surface of the collar or other garmentpart to any appreciable extent. The rubber strip 12 is. attached to theplastic strip 11 while the rubber strip 12 is under tension, as isindicated by the varying width of the rubber strip 12 in Fig. 1 fromwhich it is evident that the tension in the strip 12 is not uniform andis at a maximum roughly at the middle portion of the anticurl device.The location of the point of maximum tension at a middle portion of theanticurl device is desirable when the anticurl strips are used in aposition where they extend diagonally with respect to the collartop asindicated in Fig. 3 which fragmentarily shows an end of the collartop.In Fig. 3 the collartop 15 is shown with the anticurl strip 10 of Figs.1 and 2 located therein.

Referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the collartop 15 includes atop ply 16, a bottom ply 17, and a lining ply 18, the topply 16 beingvisible when the collar is worn. The pocket 19 formed within thecollartop 15 may be defined in part by a strip of fabric 20 which issewn to the bottom ply 17 by the spaced lines of stitches 21 before theplies of the collar are assembled to form the final collar. (Pockets maybe formed in other ways, of course). The material 20 which together withthe back ply 17 forms the pocket 19 should extend somewhat beyond thecollartop as indicated at 20A in Fig. 3 in order to facilitate thesubsequent insertion of the anticurl strip. The location of the anticurlstrip 10, composed of the plastic element 11 and the rubber element 12,in the pocket 19 is shown in Fig. 4.

The problem is to place the anticurl strip 10 in the pocket 19 in aposition where it is located in advance of the entrance end of thepocket 19, as illustrated in Fig. 3, while at the same time giving theanticurl strip a snug fit in the pocket in order to prevent difficultiesof the type referred to above in connection with the severities oflaundering. Thisproblem is solved in part by the use of a bodkin orinserting blade in the .form of a channel member 25 which is shown intransverse section in Fig. 5 within the pocket 19. Fig. 5 also shows intransverse section a pusher member 26 whose function is described below.

Particular pains must be taken with the design of the channel member 25so that the width 'of the interior of the channel member is just greatenough to receive the rubber element 12 of the anticurl strip but toonarrow to permit the plastic element 11 to enter into the interior ofthe channel member 25, and, as is illustrated in Fig.

5, the rubber element 12 is located within .the channel member 25 whilethe plastic element 11 is located at the exterior of the channel member25.

Referring to Fig. 6, which shows the elements of Fig. 5 in alongitudinal section, the positions of the bottom ply 17 and top ply 16as well as of the pocketforming strip 20 with respect to the channelmember 25 and pusher member 26 are illustrated therein. The point of thecollar-top 15 is shown at 15A both in Fig. 6 and in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 alsoshows the rubber element 12 of the anticurl strip located within thechannel member 25 while the plastic element 11 is located exteriorly ofthe channel member 25. The parts are shown in Fig. 6 in the positionwhich they have during the phase of the inserting method when theanticurl strip has been pushed through a considerable distance towardthepoint of the collar.

A spring means in the form of a leaf spring 29, which urges the pushermember 26 toward the interior of the channel member 25, is illustratedin Figs. 6 and 7. The leaf spring 29 in it's rest position has a freeend portion which projects into theinterior of the channel member 25 sothat when the latter is placed within the pocket by pulling the garmentover the channel member 25 the leaf spring 29 will also enter partlyinto the pocket, as indicated very clearly in Fig. 6. As a result-ofthis feature the entrance end of the pocket 19 is maintained open tofacilitate greatly the entry of the anticurl strip into the pocket.

As is shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 10, a support means in the form of ablock 28 is provided, and this support means 28 includes an additionalsmaller block 27 which is fixed thereto and which is grooved in themanner indicated in Figs. 7 and 8 to receive the open entrance end ofthe channel member 25 which is fixed to the block 27 in any suitableway. This block 27 is formed at 27A with a grooved portion wider thanthat which receives the channel member 25 so as to form a passage whichreceives the anticurl strip 10. As is indicated in Fig. 10, the entranceend of the groove 27A is flared and converges toward and communicateswith the open I end of channel member 25 so as to form a bell-mouthedentry for the end of the anticurl strip. Thus, the block 27 serves tomount the channel member 25 on the base 28. Furthermore, the leaf spring29 has rearwardly of its substantially pointed free end .portion 29a aflat portion conforming to the outer configuration of the block 27 andlocated between the latter and the base 28, so that when the block 27 isfixed to the base 28 as by suitable screws or the like the leaf springmeans 29 is clamped between the block-27 and base 28.

The inserting method begins by placing the free end.

of the channel member 25 located at the left end thereof, as viewedinFig. 7, into the entrance opening of the pocket 19, this entranceopening being shown at 20A in Fig. 3. Then the collar is drawn over thechannel member 25 so that the latter extends up to the point of the.collar and is located within the pocket thereof. This step togetherwith the engagement of the pocket at its entrance end by the leaf spring29 provides the necessary opening into the collar pocket and furthermoreprovides a support for the collar while the inserting method is beingcarried out. The end of the anticurl strip 10 is then inserted into theflared opening 27A formed in block 27 as far as the anticurl strip willeasily go. The pusher member 26 which is made of a thin blade of steelwith a blunt pointed upturned end 26A is then advanced toward theopening 27A and is pushed into the pocket until the upturned end 26Aengages the aligned holes 10A formed in elements 11 and 12 of theanticurl strip 10, this opening 10A being shown in Fig. 1 as well as inFig. 3. The engagement of the end 26A of pusher member 26 with theopening 10A is illustrated in Fig. 6. Continued movement of the pushermember 26 longitudinally along the channel member 25 while the pocketremains on the latter advances the anticurl strip 10 into the pocket.Pushing the pusher member all of the way in brings the end of theanticurl strip close to the point 15A and the continued motion of thepusher member then moves the collar together with the anticurl strip inthe pocket thereof off from the channel member 25.

In order to shiftably support the pusher member 26,

the base 28 has an extension 28A which is grooved as indicated at 28B inFig. 9 to receive the pusher member 26. The groove formed in theextension 28A has a narrow elongated opening 280 extending along the topthereof so that a member 30 fixed to the pusher member 26 and extendingupwardly through the grooved portion 28C may be fixed to a handle 31grasped by the operator who shifts the pusher member 26, the slot 28Cpermitting parts 30 and 31 to be moved longitudinally to operate thepusher member 26.

When the pusher 26 has been moved to the end of its stroke where thecollar together with the anticurl strip has been moved partly beyond thechannel member 25, the operator pinches the end of the anticurl stripbetween his fingers while holding the collar in fixed relation withrespect to the anticurl strip and then withdraws the collar togetherwith the anticurl strip from the pusher 26 as well as the channel member25, and

thereafter the pusher member is retracted to the position indicated inFig. 7. The channel member 25 is made as thin as possible in order tooccupy a minimum amount of space in the pocket during the insertionprocess. It should be noted that the depth of the channel is greaterthan the thickness of the rubber element 12 so that this rubber elementdoes not come into contact with the web of the channel (Fig. 5). Theonly contact is between 1 the plastic element 11 and the bottom freeedges of the side walls of the channel member 25, so that in this wayfriction between the rubber element 12 and the fabric of the collar iscompletely eliminated. Thus, it is possible to have the anticurl strip10 fit with a fairly snug engagement within the pocket after theinsertion process is completed. For example, the plastic element 11 mayhave a width of /4 inch and the distance between the lines of stitches21 the pocket need be only ,5 inch greater than 4 inch, that is, inch.In practice these dimensions have been found to be satisfactory inproviding a fit for the strip in the pocket which is sufficiently snugto prevent turning over of part or all of the anticurl strip during theseverities of laundering and still permit easy insertion of the anticurlstrip into the pocket by the process and apparatus described. It shouldbe noted that there is no contact between the rubber and fabric andbetween the rubber and channel member 25 (except possibly at the sideedges of the rubber element 12) so that friction from this source iseliminated. This is a significant improvement.

Referring now to Fig. 11, which shows in side elevation a semi-automaticapparatus for inserting the anticurl strip into the pocket, the abovedescribed structure is shown in combination with a feeding means and acutting means for providing partial automation of the entire processoffeeding the anticurl stripv from a continuous which define the sideedges of roll, cutting the anticurl strips "from the roll, andinsertingthe anticurl strip into the pocket.

The raw material upon which the system operates is a continuoustape ofanticurl devices wound up in a roll, as shown schematically at 41in Fig.11. The continuous tape is fed from the roll 41 by a feeding means whichincludes a motor-driven friction pulley 42 carried by the extension 28Aof the base 28 in any suitable way for rotation about its axis. A smallpair of rolls 43' are also supported for rotation about their axes,respectively, and press against the roll 42, the tape passing betweenthe nips of roll 42 and the small rolls 43.

From the nips between the feed roll 42 and the idler rolls 43, the tapemoves through a channel 44 which guides the tape to the locating pin 51.At the start of the operation this locating pin 51 fits into the hole Ashown in Fig. l and in this way accurately locates the tape for thesubsequent operations. It will be understood that the continuous tape isprovided with a series of holes 10A, and the distance between theseholes determines the length of the anticurl strip which is subsequentlyinserted into the pocket.

As is indicated in Figs. 11 and 1 2, the plunger 45 is poised above thelocating pin 51, and this plunger 45 is operated by the plunger 46A of asolenoid 46. A coil spring 47 is coiled about the plunger 45, andengages an annular flange fixed thereto as well as a part of thestationary support means on base 28 which guides the plunger 45, asindicated in Fig. 11, so as to return the plunger 45 together with theplunger 46A to their rest positions illustrated in Fig. 11 after thecutting off operations are completed. At its bottom end the plunger 45carries the cutting blades 48 which sever the continuous tape at thedesired location, as Will be described. The shape of the cutting blades48 is illustrated in Fig. 11A.

The part of the support means which is carried by the base 28 and whichguides plunger 45 and supports the solenoid 46 has fixed thereto adeflector means in the form of a deflecting member 49 which is curveddownwardly to the left, as viewed in Fig. 11., for a purpose to bedescribed below.

Many details of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 11 have been omittedfor the sake of simplicity and because they will be well understood bythose skilled in the art of automation. The method of operation of themachine shown in Fig. 11 is as follows:

The operator presses the lever 52 shown in Fig. 12 which is in the formof a leaf spring carrying the locating pin 51 and urging the latter tothe position indicated in Fig. 12 where it extends upwardly from thesurface 51A which serves as an anvil surface for the cutting blades 48.This leaf spring 52 is connected at its left end to the stationarysupport, as viewed in Fig. 12, so that when the operator depresses theright end of the leaf spring 52, as viewed in Fig. 12, the leaf springwill move down and will move the top end of the locating pin 51 belowthe anvil surface 51A. Also, this downward movement of the leaf spring52 actuates a switch 53 shown in Fig. 12 and described 'below. Theclosing of the switch 53 brought about by lowering the leaf spring 52 inaddition to lowering the locating pin 51 may start a motor which turnsthe feed roll 42. This will start the feeding of the tape of anticurlstrips so that the hole 10A is no longer located in alignment with thelocating pin 51. Immediately after the start of these operations thelocating pin 51 may be freed by release of the leaf spring 52 so that itis pressed upwardly, and as-the tape is fed forwardly by the feedingroll 42 the locating pin is constantly pushed against the tape but doesnot interfere with the forward feeding thereof because there is no holeavailable into which the locating pin 51 may enter. However, when thenext hole 10A reaches the locating pin 51, the latter immediately entersthis hole and by opening the switch 53 stops the forward motion andsimultaneously by means of an 6 appropriate switching arrangementstopping the motor which drives the feed roll 42. In this way apredetermined section of continuous tape, that is, a section equal tothe distance between a pair of successive holes 10A is fed forward. Theupward movement of the locating pin 51 into the next hole also operatesa switch which energizes the solenoid 46 so as to drive the plunger 45downward and sever the tape at the proper location. As was mentionedabove, the anvil surface which cooperates with the blades '48 topro'ducethis severing operation is provided by "the stationary supportmeans in which the locating pin 51 is located.

For some purposes it may be preferable to change the sequence ofoperations'so that the cutting off stroke is first in the cycle insteadof last, and such a sequence of operations is described below inconnection with the wiring diagram of Fig. 13. With such a sequence ofoperations the advance portion of operations.

While the continuous tape of anticurl strip is fed forwardly, thedeflector means 49 pushes the free end thereof downwardly as indicatedby the dotted line 50 of Fig. 11, and in this way the free end of theanticurl strip is forced to enter into the fiared mouth 27A of the block27 which carries the channel member 25. In this manner the operation offeeding the continuous tape forwardly brings the endof the tape to themouth of the channel member 25, and when the cutting 01f operation iscompleted, the resulting strip of anticurl material is .free to beinserted into the collar which has been previously drawn over thechannel member 25 so that the latter is located in the pocket of thecollar. The handle 31 which is fixed to the pusher member 26 is thenadvanced by the operator so as to cause the upturned end 26A of thepusher member 26 to enter into the hole 10A in the free end of theanticurl strip, so that on subsequent advancing of the pusher'member 26the anticurl strip is pushed into the pocket, as described above. Withthis arrangement the pusher member 26 passes beneath the locating pin51, as indicated in Figs. 11 and 12, as well as beneath the feed roll42, and the length of the pusher member 26 is such that when the pushermember 26 has reached the end of its stroke the handle 31 is stilllocated to the right of the feed roll 42, as viewed in Fig. 11.

As was mentioned'above, the wiring diagram of Fig. 13 shows anelectrical circuit which may be used with a process where a portion ofthe continuous tape extends forwardly beyond the locating pin 51 to becut ofi 'so as to form an anticurl strip at the beginning of the cycleof operations. Referring to Fig. 13, it will be seen that the electricalstructure is connected to the terminals 56 and 57 of a source of power.The leaf spring 52 is also shown diagrammatically connected to thelocating pin 51, and when the leaf spring 52 is actuated by the operatorto move the locating pin 51 downwardly, the latter moves the switchelement 53 so that it moves out of contact with the contact 5321 andmoves into contact with the contact 53b. .As is evident from the wiringdiagram of Fig. 13, engagement of elements 53 and 53b energizes thesolenoid 46 whose plunger 46A now moves downwardly to carry out thecutting off operation. It will be noted that the switch element 64 of alatch relay 60 engages a contact 62 of the relay 60 so as to completethe circuit through the solenoid 46 when the element 53 makes contactwith element 53b. The solenoid plunger 46A carries a projection whichactuates a switch element 54 to move the latter into engagement with thecontact 54b whenthe solenoid armature 46A is at the bottom of itsstroke. .It will be noted that with the switch element 54 in theposition shown in Fig. 13 where it engages the switch contact 54a, thecircuit through the motor 55 which drives the feed roller 42 iscompleted as soon as the switch 53 engages the contact 5312. However,the downward movement of the plunger 46A takes of the tape remainsattached to the roll until the beginning of the next cycle place soquickly and the switch element 54 is moved out of engagementwith-contact 54a in such an extremely short'time after switch member 53engages contact 53b that the circuit to the motor 55 is immediatelyopened and'the motor does not start.

The engagement of switch contact 54 with contact 54b closes the circuitto a solenoid 58 whose plunger 59 moves to eject the scrap left by thecutting off operation, and this ejection of the scrap is of nopertinence to the present invention. The switch element 54 is of thetype which remains in contact with the contact 54b after the plunger 46Astarts to move upwardly, and also the contact 54 remains in engagementwith contact 54a after it is moved up by the plunger 46A and while thelatter again .moves downwardly, as will be apparent from the descriptionbelow. Thus, the ejector 58, 59 operates during the upward movement ofthe solenoid plunger 46A. The switch element 54 remains in contact withthe contact 54b untilthe plunger 46A reaches its rest position, thisplunger 46A carrying another projection which moves the switch element54 upwardly away from contact 54b and to contact 54a when the plunger46A reaches the top of its stroke.

The engagement of switch element 54 with the contact 54b energizes thecoil 61 of the latch relay 60 so as to move the switch elements 64 and65 to the left, as viewed in Fig. 13, and this opens the circuit betweenelements 64 and 62 so as to deenergize the solenoid 46 which then movesback to its rest position under the influence of the spring 47(Fig..11). Thus, the solenoid 46 is energized only until its plungerreaches the bottom of its stroke whenthe engagement between element 54and contact 54b energizes the coil 61 to deenergize the solenoid whichimmediately returns to its rest position and at theend of its strokereturns the switch element 54 to the position indicated in Fig. 13. Thelatching device of the latch relay 60 maintains the latter in theposition where switch element 64 is spaced from contact 62 and switchelement 65 engages the contact 63 after the coil 61 is deenergized bymovement of switch element 64 back into engagement with the switchcontact 54a.

All of these operations take place very quickly, and the operator keepsthe locating pin 51 in its depressed position in order to maintain theswitch element 53 in engagement with the contact 53b. Therefore, whenthe solenoid plunger has returned to its rest position placing switchelement 54 in engagement with contact 54a, the circuit to the motor 55will be completed, and now the motor will start and will drive the feedroll 42 so as to feed the tape forwardly. Once the tape starts to feedforwardly, the operator may release the leaf spring 52, and although thelatter urges the locating pin 51 upwardly, the locating pin 51 will notbe able to move up until the next hole A reaches the locating pin 51. Inthis way switch contact 53 is maintained in engagement with the contact53b so as to keep the motor 55 energized while the tape feeds forwardly.

When the next hole 10A reaches the locating pin 51, thelatterimmediately moves upwardly through this hole, and as a result ofthis movement the switch blade 53 of the microswitch can move away fromcontact 531) and into engagement with the contact 53a. Thus, as soon asthe locating pin 51 moves upwardly through the next hole 10A, thecircuit to the motor 55 is opened and the motor stops. Furthermore, theengagement of arm 53 of the microswitch with the contact 53a closes thecircuit to the coil 66 which is now energized to release the latchingdevice of the relay 60 so that the switch elements 64 and 65 thereofreturn to the position indicated in Fig. 13, and now all of the partshave returned to their rest position, and the next cycle may again bestarted by depression of the leaf spring 52.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment'pocketcomprising, in combination, support means;

- having a free end portion an elongated channel member fixed to andextending from said support means; a pusher member shiftably carried bysaid support means for movement longitudinally along said channelmember, whereby when a garment pocket is placed on said channel memberwith the latter located in said garment pocket an anticurl strip havingan elongated rubber element narrower than said channel member and aplastic element wider than said rubber element and joined thereto may bemoved into said pocket with said pusher member while said rubber elementis located in said channel member to prevent frictional rubbing betweensaid rubber element and garment during insertion of said anticurl stripinto the pocket thereof, said pusher member having a free pointed endportion directed toward the interior of said channel member duringmovement of said pusher member therealong for engaging an opening in theanticurl strip to move the latter during movement of said pusher memberinto the garment pocket; and a leaf spring means carried by said supportmeans and engaging said pusher member during movement thereof along saidchannel member for urging said pusher member together with said pointedend thereof toward the interior of said channel member.

2. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment pocketcomprising, in combination, support means; an elongated channel memberfixed to and extending from said support means; a pusher membershiftably carried by said support means for movement longitudinallyalong said channel member, whereby when a garment pocket is placed onsaid channel member with the latter located in said garment pocket ananticurl strip having an elongated rubber element narrower than saidchannel member and a plastic element wider than said rubber element andjoined thereto may be moved into said pocket with said pusher memberwhile said rubber element is located in said channel member to preventfrictional rubbing between said rubber element and garment duringinsertion of said anticurl strip into the pocket thereof; and springmeans carried by said sup port means and engaging said pusher memberwhile the latter moves along said channel member for urging said pushermember toward the interior of said channel memher, said spring meansbeing in the form of a leaf spring extending beyond said support meansand being coextensive with a portion of said channel member extendingbeyond but located next to said support means so that said free endportion of said leaf spring and said portion of said channel membermaintain the entrance end of the garment pocket open during movement ofsaid pusher member and anticurl strip into said garment pocket.

3. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment pocketcomprising, in combination, support means; an elongated channel memberfixed to and extending from said support means; a pusher membershiftably carried by said support means for movement longitudinallyalong said channel member, whereby when a garment pocket is placed onsaid channel member with the latter located in said garment pocket ananticurl strip having an elongated rubber element narrower than saidchannel member and a plastic element wider than said rubber element andjoined thereto may be moved into said pocket with said pusher memberwhile said rubber element is located in said channel member to preventfrictional rubbing between said rubber element and garment duringinsertion of said anticurl strip into the pocket thereof; feeding meanscarried by said support means for feeding an elongated strip from whichthe anticurl strips are cut toward said channel member; deflecting meanscarried by said support means between said feeding means and channelmember for deflecting the anticurl strips toward said channel member;and cutting means carried by said support means for cutting off anticurlstrips from they elongated strip fed by said feeding means.

4. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment pocketcomprising, in combination, support means; an elongated channel memberfixed to and extending from said support means; a pusher membershiftably carried by said support means for movement longitudinallyalong said channel member, whereby when a garment pocket is placed onsaid channel member with the latter located in said garment pocket ananticurl strip having an elongated rubber element narrower than saidchannel member and a plastic element wider than said rubber element andjoined thereto may be moved into said pocket with said pusher memberwhile said rubber element is located in said channel member to preventfrictional rubbing between said rubber element and garment duringinsertion of said anticurl strip into the pocket thereof; feeding meanscarried by said support means for feeding an elongated strip from whichthe anticurl strips are cut toward said channel member; deflecting meanscarried by said support means between said feeding means and channelmember for deflecting the anticurl strips toward said channel member;cutting means carried by said support means for cutting off anticurlstrips from the elongated strip fed by said feeding means; and stopmeans carried by said support means for stopping the elongated strip fedby said feeding means at portions of said strip which leave a length ofsaid strip equal to the length of the anticurl strip to be inserted intothe garment pocket in a position to be cut by said cutting means.

5. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment pocketcomprising, in combination, support means; an elongated channel memberfixed to and extending from said support means; a pusher membershiftably carried by said support means for movement longitudinallyalong said channel member, whereby when a garment pocket is placed onsaid channel member with the latter located in said garment pocket ananticurl strip having an elongated rubber element narrower than saidchannel member and a plastic element wider than said rubber element andjoined thereto may be moved into said pocket with said pusher memberwhile said rubber element is located in said channel member to preventfrictional rubbing between said rubber element and garment duringinsertion of said anticurl strip into the pocket thereof; feeding meanscarried by said support means for feeding an elongated strip from whichthe anticurl strips are cut toward said channel member; deflecting meanscarried by said support means between said feeding means and channelmember for deflecting the anticurl strips toward said channel member;cutting means carried by said support means for cutting off anticurlstrips from the elongated strip fed by said feeding means; and stopmeans carried by said support means for stopping the elongated strip fedby said feeding means at portions of said strip which leave a length ofsaid strip equal to the length of the anticurl strip to be inserted intothe garment pocket in a position to be cut by said cutting means, saidpusher member extending along said support means beneath said stop meanstoward said channel member.

6. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment pocketcomprising, in combination, support means; an elongated channel memberfixed to and extending from said support means; a pusher membershiftably carried by said support means for movement longitudinallyalong said channel member, whereby when a garment pocket is placed onsaid channel member with the latter located in said garment pocket ananticurl strip having an elongated rubber element narrower than saidchannel member and a plastic element wider than said rubber element andjoined thereto may be moved into said pocket with said pusher memberwhile said rubber element is located in said channel member to preventfrictional rubbing between said rubber element and garment duringinsertion of said anticurl strip into the pocket thereof; feeding meanscarried by said support means for feeding an elongated strip from whichthe anticurl strips are out toward said channel member; deflecting meanscarried by said support means between said feeding means and channelmember for deflecting the anticurl strips toward said channel member;and cutting means carried by said support means for cutting off anticurlstrips from the elongated strip fed by said feeding means, said supportmeans having a portion connected to and communicating with an open endof said channel member and formed with a flared opening convergingtoward and leading into said open end of said channel member forreceiving an anticurl strip from said deflecting means and guiding theanticurl strip into said channel member. I

7. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment pocketcomprising, in combination, support means; an elongated channel memberfixed to and extending from said support means; a pusher membershiftably carried by said support means for movement longitudinallyalong said channel member, whereby when a garment pocket is placed onsaid channel member with the latter located in said garment pocket ananticurl strip may be moved into said pocket with said pusher member;and spring means carried by said support means and engaging said pushermember while the latter moves along said channel member for urging saidpusher member toward the interior of said channel member.

8. Apparatus for locating an anticurl strip in a garment pocketcomprising, in combination, support means; an elongated channel memberfixed to and extending from said support means; a pusher membershiftably carried by said support means for movement longitudinallyalong said channel member whereby when a garment pocket is placed onsaid channel member with the latter located in said garment pocket ananticurl strip may be moved into said pocket with said pusher member;feeding means carried by said support means for feeding an elongatedstrip from which the anticurl strips are cut toward said channel member;guide means carried by said support means between said feeding means andchannel member for guiding the anti-curl strips toward said channelmember; and cutting means carried by said support means for cutting offanticurl strips from the elongated strip fed by said feeding means.

Liebowitz June 17, 1952 Liebowitz Nov. 5, 1955

